Roots In The African Dust

Dismissing the image of Africa as a place of poverty, drought, degradation and famine, Mortimore offers an alternative, more optimistic thesis - one of sustaina... » 

Dismissing the image of Africa as a place of poverty, drought, degradation and famine, Mortimore offers an alternative, more optimistic thesis - one of sustainable land use. This is based on case studies which suggest indigenous technological adaptation has put population growth to advantage. «